My teaching career began in the summer of 2008, when, just after graduating from NYU with my BFA in theater, I taught Shakespeare Camp with the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival. Exploring Shakespeare with young people was wildly fun and inspiring: each student brought their own truth to the text and taught me to hear it in new ways. I coached students to trust in the language to carry them, to be brave, to take up space, and use their voices.
In 2018 I decided to pause my professional acting career to focus on teaching full time. I taught theater in a variety of settings and I loved it. I decided to deepen my teaching practice by pursuing a master’s degree in education at Mills College, along with a credential to teach upper school English. I did my student teaching at Berkeley High School, where I had the opportunity to teach AP English to a group of fabulous juniors. I found a special satisfaction in coaching my juniors through the college essay writing process.